Arsenal have identified the Brazilian as the ‘ideal midfielder to elevate their squad’ and have ‘therefore submitted a £70 million offer for his services’.

Plenty of the Chelsea squad have been jetting around the world for the international break, but there are 15 players that have been left back in Cobham for the next two weeks ...

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